A life for death

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Movie
German title A life for death
Original title You don't know Jack
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2010
length 134 minutes
Rod
Director Barry Levinson
script Adam Mazer
music Marcelo Zarvos
camera Eigil Bryld
cut Aaron Yanes
occupation
synchronization

You do not know jack (original title: You Do not Know Jack ) is an American film biography of the year in 2010 by director Barry Levinson , who by HBO produced.

action

Former pathologist Dr. Jack Kevorkian has to experience the long and painful death of his mother and as a result he campaigns for the humane dying of terminally ill people through assisted suicide. He develops an apparatus that enables seriously ill people to take the last step towards suicide on their own. He is supported by his older sister Margo Janus, his friend Neal Nicol and the activist Janet Good.

His first patient is Janet Adkins, who has Alzheimer's disease and uses the equipment in a VW bus to commit suicide. A radio interview spreads his popularity and more and more terminally ill people and their relatives turn to him. In order to secure himself legally, he documents the patient's express wish to die on video. Prosecutor Dick Thompson becomes aware of him and charges him. The lawyer Geoffry Fieger recognizes the dimensions of the case and agrees to represent Kevorkian in court without commission, and he also makes clever use of the media for himself and his client. In a spectacular process, Kevorkian is acquitted. He continues his fight and is repeatedly charged by the prosecutor and has to be remanded in custody. There he consistently refuses to eat. However, he is always exonerated of guilt in the subsequent legal proceedings. As a result, the state of Michigan passed a tightening change in the law, which, however, was declared null and void by the appeals court.

For a short time he can even do euthanasia in a clinic that he has opened. He names the clinic after his sister Margo Janus Mercy, who has since passed away. But after a short time his lease is canceled. In 1996 the prosecutor tried to indict him for violations of common law, now he even appears in court on the self-made pillory with an iron ball around his leg to announce his protest. Here, too, he is acquitted by the jury.

Through the media as Dr. Known to Death, he euthanized 129 people. Even Good enlists the help of her friend Kevorkian when she is terminally ill with pancreatic cancer. In order to override the existing euthanasia law and bring the issue to the Supreme Court, he actively euthanizes his 130 patient. Fieger is now involved in politics and so Kevorkian decides to defend himself in court. In 1999 he was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison for a minor case of manslaughter and the administration of a prohibited substance. Due to his hepatitis C illness and his very short life expectancy, he was released from prison in 2007.

production

Filming took place in Detroit and New York City from August 17 to November 2009 and the budget for the film was $ 18 million. The premiere took place in New York City on April 14, 2010. The German premiere was at the Großes Fernsehen festival on June 27, 2010 in Cologne.

synchronization

The German synchronous processing was created by Berliner Synchron GmbH Wenzel Lüdecke . Synchronous Director led Rainer Martens .

role actor Voice actor
Jack Kevorkian Al Pacino Frank Glaubrecht
Neal Nicol John Goodman Klaus Sunshine
Janet Good Susan Sarandon Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif
Geoffrey Fieger Danny Huston Stephan Hoffmann
Margo Janus Brenda Vaccaro Andrea Brix
Jack Lessenberry James Urbaniak Viktor Neumann
John Skrzynski Eric Lange Tobias Kluckert
Bob Bender Logan Crawford Oliver Siebeck
Detective Delaney Williams Jörg Hengstler
Dick Thompson Cotter Smith Bodo Wolf
Dr. Dragovic Allen Lewis Rickman Gerald Paradise
Glen Stetson Adam Driver Peter Lontzek
Mrs. Gale Jacqueline Knapp Sonja German
Hugh Gale Jonathan Teague Cook Freimut Götsch
Janet Adkins Sandra Seacat Isabella Grothe
Rod Adkins Neil Brooks Cunningham Axel Lutter
Keenie Angela Pierce Gundi Eberhard
Melody Youk Deborah Hedwall Denise Gorzelanny
Judge David Breck Richard Council Frank-Otto Schenk
Judge Jackson Daryl Edwards Andreas Hosang
Judge Cooper Rondi Reed Rita Engelmann
Stan Levy Todd Susman Uli Krohm

criticism

A Life for Death received good reviews overall, with the film having an 83% positive rate on Rotten Tomatoes .

"The best Al Pacino for a long time: In the American television film" You Don't Know Jack ", the eternal gangster king embodies the doctor Jack Kevorkian, who was the first doctor in the USA to assist in dying. The film about autonomy and freedom, which received a lot of praise in the USA, can now be seen on German television for the first time. "

- Lukas Wilhelmi, Süddeutsche Zeitung

Awards

The television film was nominated for numerous awards, such as 15 Emmys , of which it won only two Emmys.

  • 2010 Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie, Al Pacino, and Best Supporting Actress, Brenda Vaccaro
  • 2010 Emmy - Leading Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie, Al Pacino and Best Screenplay, Adam Mazer
  • 2010 - Online Film & Television OFTA Award - Best Actor - Mini-Series or TV Movie Al Pacino and Best Supporting Actor - Mini-Series or TV Movie John Goodmann and Best Supporting Actress - Mini-Series or TV Movie Susan Sarandon
  • 2010 - Gold Derby TV Award - Best Actor Al Pacino
  • 2011 - Golden Globe Award - Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Movie Al Pacino
  • 2011 - Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries Al Pacino

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A life for death. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
  2. ↑ You Don't Know Jack (2010) . In: Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ Lukas Wilhelmi. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , March 30, 2012